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A54
sports
Sunday Guardian www.guardian.co.tt January 31, 2016
ST JOHN'S, ANTIGUA---West Indies
captain Darren Sammy is backing his
team to keep their T20 Number One
ranking and also win this year s Inter-
national Cricket Council s World T20
Tournament.
The 32-year-old was on Friday named
as West Indies captain for the tourna-
ment to be played in India from March
8 to April 3.
Sammy has made 60 appearances in
T20 Internationals for the regional side.
He previously led the West Indies in
Tests and One-Day Internationals,
including the 2011 ICC Cricket World
Cup, which was played in Asia.
This is the third time he will captain
the team to the ICC World T20 Tour-
nament. He was at the helm when the
Windies beat Sri Lanka at the R Pre-
madasa Stadium to win the Champi-
onship in 2012 and returned as skipper
in 2014, when they reached the semi-
finals in Bangladesh.
Speaking ahead of the tournament
Sammy noted: "Whenever I m called
on to represent the West Indies it s a
great feeling...West Indies cricket is my
passion. We are ranked at Number One
and we want to stay there. We re ready
to win it again for the people of the
Caribbean. We ve tasted victory and it
was a wonderful feeling.
We want to taste it again and we know
the people of the region want that was
well."
Sammy added: "The upcoming ICC
World T20 championship will be a
massive event, and could be one of
the biggest cricket tournaments we will
ever see.
All the world s best players in this
format will be participating and this
promises to be something special. With
the matches being played in India, that
adds to the appeal.
West Indies will be bringing the A
game to the party. It will be hard cricket
and we will be coming hard."
The West Indies are due to arrive in
Kolkata on March 7 ahead of the tour-
nament.
They will have official warm-up
matches against India on Thursday,
March 10, and against Australia on Sun-
day, March 13.
West Indies have been drawn in Group
1 of the Super 10 stage where they will
play alongside England, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, and one of the qualifiers from
the first round.
Captain Darren Sammy...says West Indies will bring their 'A game'
for the T20 World Cup in India.
Sammy wants Windies
to stay World Number One
Darren Sammy (Captain),
Samuel Badree, Sulieman
Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne
Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Chris
Gayle, Jason Holder, Sunil
Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh
Ramdin, Andre Russell,
Marlon Samuels, Lendl
Simmons and Jerome Taylor.
FULL SQUAD
Warm-up matches
Thursday, March 10: vs India --
Eden Garden, Kolkata
Sunday, March 13: vs Australia
-- Eden Garden, Kolkata
Super 10 Group 1 matches
Wednesday, March 16: vs
England -- Wankhede
Stadium, Mumbai
Sunday, March 20: vs Sri
Lanka -- M Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bangalore
Friday, March 25: vs South
Africa -- Vidarbha Cricket
Association Stadium, Nagpur
Sunday, March 27: vs Qualifier
1B -- Vidarbha Cricket
Association Stadium, Nagpur
SCHEDULE
At Syne Village: PowerGen
312/5 (50) (Jason Mohammed
101, Gregory Mahabir 71no, Ravi
Rampaul 33no, Evin Lewis 31no,
Videsh Sookhai 22, Daniel St.
Clair 3/26) vs Tableland 128 all
out (33.3)(Al Small 25, Adrian
Cooper 22, Akeal Cooper 20,
Jovan Ali 4/32, Videsh Sookhai
3/14) - PowerGen won by 84
runs.
At Pierre Road: Merryboys
179/9 (50) (Samuel Felix 45,
Jeetendra Sookdeo 34, Marlon
Richards 23, Stephen Shaddick
2/29, Bryan Charles 2/48,
Stephon Solomon 2/31) vs
Comets 185/5 (44.4)(Steven
Katwaroo 71no, Kenroy Williams
43no, Kyron Joseph 27, Philton
Williams 2/37) - Comets won by
5 wkts.
At Arouca: Prisons 167 all out
(47.5)(Denzil James 67, Sherwin
Ganga 3/30, Ranga Latchana
2/24) vs Victoria 168/6
(47)(Ranga Latchana 48no,
William Perkins 43, Javed
Boodram 3/30, Vikash
Rampersad 1/15 (10ovs) - Victoria
won by 4 wkts.
At Wilson Road: QPCC 260 all
out (49.1)(Marlon Barclay 91,
Jeremy Solozano 80, Justin
Guillen 23, Mark Deyal 4/37) vs
Clarke Road 228 all out (46.1)
(Mark Deyal 83, Kjorn Ottey 75,
Kevon Cooper 4/41, Sunil Narine
2/37, Akeal Hosein 2/31) - QPCC
won by 32 runs.
TTCB 50 OVERS
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES---Legendary for-
mer West Indies batsman Brian Lara suffered
the indignity of a first ball duck as his Leo Lions
slumped to an eight-wicket defeat to Gemini Ara-
bians in the inaugural Masters Champions League
yesterday.
Choosing to bat first at the Dubai International
Stadium, Lions were held to 132 for seven off their
20 overs with James Franklyn top-scoring with
35 from 37 deliveries and fellow New Zealander
Scott Styris scoring 32 from 31 deliveries.
The pair put on 57 for the sixth wicket to pull
Lions out of trouble at 57 for five in the ninth
over.
Batting at number five, Lara perished in the
seventh over.
Facing up to his old nemesis off-spinner Muttiah
Muralitharan, Lara was squared up first ball and
edged to slip for Virender Sehwag to snag an easy
catch at 50 for four.
Muralitharan finished with four for 14 from his
four overs.
In reply, Australian Brad Hodge stroked 65 not
out off 43 balls while Sri Lankan stroke-maker
Kumar Sangakkara carved out an unbeaten run-
a-ball 41, to guide Arabians to victory with two
overs to spare.
Arabians were struggling at 28 for two in the
sixth over when the pair came together in an
unbroken stand of 105, to effectively end the game
as a contest.
Former West Indies and Barbados fast bowler
Fidel Edwards was ineffective, going wicket-less
in three overs which cost 29 runs.
In the other game played at the venue on Sat-
urday, West Indies and Barbados fast bowler Tino
Best sent down a single over which cost ten runs
as his Sagittarius Strikers lost by three runs to
Capricorn Commanders. (CMC)
VINODE MAMCHAN
Mystery spinner Sunil Nar-
ine grabbed two wickets dur-
ing his 10-over spell and
looked quite good in his
comeback match for Queen s
Park against Clarke Road at
Wilson Road in Penal, yes-
terday.
Queen s Park batting first in
the season opener posted 260
all out off 49.2 overs. Leading
the way were Marlon Barclay,
who stroked an entertaining
91, with six fours and four
sixes. Also among the runs was
opener Jeremy Solozano, who
vied for a share of the spotlight
with 80 that included seven
fours. Bowling for Clarke Road
Mark Deyal snared 4/37 with
his off-spinners.
Clarke Road in reply put up
a strong challenge early but
was bowled out for 228 off
46.1 overs. Deyal again was the
star of the show for the South-
erners scoring 83 with nine
fours and three sixes. Medium
pacer Kevon Cooper ensured
the victory for the Parkites
with figures of 4/41, while
Narine provided solid but cau-
tious support to claimed 2/37.
Parkites coach David Fur-
longe said Narine looked good
in his comeback game with his
remodeled action. "Sunil
looked good today in his
comeback game. Everyone
who saw him was happy with
his outlook. National coaches
Gus Logie and Kelvin Williams
were both here looking at him
and they were pleased. They
were very happy with the fact
that during his last few overs
he got back his pace on the
deliveries, so all in all it was
a good day for him."
In other matches, defending
champions Merryboys went
under to Comets by five wick-
ets at Pierre Road in Char-
lieville. Batting first, Merryboys
made 179/9 as they found run
scoring difficult on the track.
Comets lost five early wickets
in their chase but an unbeaten
71 from national wicketkeeper
Steven Katwaroo and 43 not
out from Barbadian Kenroy
Williams brought the Central
team back into the contest and
to eventual victory.
Red Force captain Jason
Mohammed found form in
scoring a century to lead Pow-
erGen to an 84-run win over
Tableland in their encounter
at Syne Village in Penal.
PowerGen rattled up 312/5
off 50 overs with Mohammed
getting 101 off 95 balls with
10 fours and three sixes. Gre-
gory Mahabir stroked an
unbeaten 71 off 85 balls with
seven fours and one six. Table-
land in reply made only 128
with spinner Jovan Ali claiming
4/32.
The other battle between
newcomers Victoria and Pris-
ons ended in an easy four-
wicket win for the former.
Action continues today at
9.30am with Queen s Park vs
Prisons at the Oval, Victoria
vs PowerGen at Victoria,
Jenexcon Tableland vs Merry-
boys in Tableland and FCB
Clarke Road vs Alescon
Comets at Wilson Road.
Narine grabs two in
Parkites opening victory
...Mohammed comes good with a century
West Indies /T&T spinner
Sunil Narine returns with new
bowling action.
'Duck' for Lara as
Murali wins battle